Raleigh, Wake County Events Through March 2026: Meetings, Safety, Family Activities

The Wake County events calendar schedules Hanna Gelwix’s Drinking Gourd Gallery exhibition, "A Series of Odds and Ends," from March 1 to March 31 with gallery hours listed 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm, and the page credits the image "Lilies," 2025, Photo © Hanna Gelwix. Alongside arts programming, the county calendar details an intensive roster of public-safety governance: the Wake County Fire Commission Meeting recurs January 8 through September 10 with sessions 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, and standing committees — Administrative (Jan. 7–Sept. 1, 1:30 pm–3:00 pm), Communications & Technology (Jan. 14–Sept. 9, 2:00 pm–3:30 pm), Capital (Feb. 18–Oct. 21, 10:00 am–11:30 am) and Budget (Feb. 19–Mar. 27, 1:30 pm–3:00 pm) — appear on the calendar through spring.

Local fire-district governance shows frequent board meetings: Wendell Fire Department Board meets Jan. 6–Dec. 1 at 7:30 pm; Wake New Hope Fire Board meets Jan. 8–Dec. 3 at 7:00 pm; Durham Highway Fire Department Board meets Jan. 12–Nov. 9 at 7:00 pm; Northern Wake Fire Department Board meets Jan. 19–Dec. 21 at 7:00 pm; Western Wake Fire Rescue Board has recurring entries Jan. 12–July 13 at 7:00 pm (duplicated in the listing). The Wake County page also lists recurring community programs such as Spades & Hearts (Jan. 23–Nov. 27, 2:30 pm–4:00 pm) and Child Care Information Drop-In sessions (Feb. 10–June 10, 9:00 am–11:00 am).

Economic-development programming in late March centers on the Greater Raleigh Chamber's Life Sciences Outlook, which the chamber and Wake County Economic Development promote as "Be Part of the Conversation Shaping the Triangle’s Life Sciences Future." Chamber copy names Travis McCready, Head of Industries, Leasing Advisory, JLL, for the keynote conversation. The event appears twice with conflicting schedules: a chamber event card lists March 24 from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm at Raleigh Marriott City Center, 500 Fayetteville St., while the program schedule and the City of Raleigh calendar list a Networking window 8:00–8:30 am and Program 8:30–11:00 am on March 24. Other chamber entries include Business After Hours on March 23 (9:00 pm–11:00 pm), a Clay Shooting Tournament on March 26 (noon–6:00 pm) and Emerging Leaders on March 31 (12:30 pm–2:30 pm); sponsors shown for chamber warm-up practice include GallagherSamet Corporation and United Rentals.

Family and community listings on the City of Raleigh calendar include repetitive children's attractions — Imagination Playground and Game On! (10:00 am–6:00 pm), Meet the Bunny at Abbotts Creek (10:00 am–11:30 am), Moore Storytime (10:30 am–11:30 am) — and single-day events such as Mindwise: Youth and Family Mental Health Summit (9:00 am–3:30 pm) and Raleigh Beach Clean-up (9:00 am–12:00 pm). Eventbrite listings supplement the calendar with ticketed items: Wake 250 — Artifacts from Archaeological Digs in Rolesville with Michael Bailey on Mon., March 16 at 7:00 pm at the Mordecai Historic Park Classroom (listing notes "Check ticket price on event"); TEDx Raleigh Salon on Sun., March 29 at 4:00 pm at Vidrio; Lesbian Speed Dating on Fri., March 20 at 7:00 pm at Blackbird Books and Coffee; and the 4th Annual Adult Recess Festival on Sat., April 25 at 1:00 pm at Buffaloe Road Athletic Park (several Eventbrite cards flag status as "Going fast" or "Almost full").

The city calendar also records heritage and stewardship programming: Through The Thresholds walking tours at Moore Square (showing time slots such as 11:00 am–11:30 am and 2:00 pm–2:30 pm), Nash Square History Stroll (11:00 am–12:00 pm), Creek Week Stewardship Day (9:30 am–12:00 pm) and a day-long Lake Johnson Trash Trap Naming Contest (12:00 am–11:59 pm).

Readers should note several truncated or inconsistent entries in the compiled listings: Wake Forest’s March 9 Wake County EMS community meeting appears in source text ending "Northern Regi" with no time supplied, and a Raleigh calendar entry for the Raleigh Transit Authority Finance and Policy Committee shows an unusually late 10:00 pm–11:30 pm slot. Organizers and the Greater Raleigh Chamber list multiple time blocks for key events; the calendar through March 2026 therefore contains overlapping arts, safety and economic-development programming that residents and stakeholders should confirm directly with event hosts.